T-Mobile's 1900MHz HPSA+ Covers 23 Markets, 100M POPs

T-Mobile USA today announced another expansion of its 1900MHz HSPA+ coverage. T-Mobile's high-speed data network is available in five new regions beginning today, including Chicago and surrounding suburbs; Fresno, Sacramento, and Southern California; and Reno, Nev. The cities in Southern California include Anaheim, Culver City, Inglewood, Pasadena, Santa Ana, San Fernando, Santa Monica, Van Nuys and many others. According to T-Mobile, its iPhone-friendly 3G/4G service is now available to more than 100 million Americans. T-Mobile is currently refarming its 1900MHz spectrum from GSM/EDGE to GSM/HSPA+ so that it can later use its 1700MHz AWS spectrum for LTE 4G. T-Mobile is expected to launch its LTE network in mid-2013.